Sorolla Museum

The Sorolla Museum is a Spanish state museum in Madrid, housed in a mansion on the Paseo del General Martínez Campos. The house was both studio and home to the painter Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923), his wife Clotilde García del Castillo and their three children. Built between 1910 and 1919 to a design by the architect Enrique María de Repullés y Vargas, it combines a working studio, living quarters and a garden, as the painter had wished. It is regarded as one of the best-preserved artist's houses in Europe and was declared a historic-artistic monument in 1962.

The museum came about through the wishes of Clotilde García del Castillo, who in her will of 1925 left the house and the painter's works to the Spanish State. After a long process the bequest was accepted in 1931, and the museum opened in 1932 under the direction of the artist's son, Joaquín Sorolla García. Its collection includes paintings by Sorolla such as Paseo a orillas del mar, Clotilde sentada en un sofá, Joaquín Sorolla García vestido de blanco, Trata de blancas, Saltando a la comba, La Granja and La bata rosa, alongside many objects the painter gathered. In the web's selection of works, Sorolla is the only artist represented, with forty-six paintings.

The museum has gone through periods of financial difficulty and greater professionalisation, and since 2009 it has been a national museum attached to the Ministry of Culture. Since 2022 it has undergone a renovation and extension that has roughly doubled its usable space. The mansion closed on 1 October 2024 for a final phase of works; in October 2026 only the new rooms for temporary exhibitions have opened to the public.